fan base Beyoncé

[XAMJ]

what do you think the surprises for her bday show will be?

[Redporus]

3 hours ago, Tangane said:

Oooooh! That's so interesting!

I was wondering earlier how she could remember when she's supposed to lipsync or not during a 3-hour show, and your theory makes sense!

I thought that maybe she had a button that she could press or not.

 

I looked a bit on the internet and of course nothing about this kind of technology (hush hush...), but in sounds totally doable in 2023 for such a big artist.

This sounds quite possible with the technology these days. As a singer, it’s definitely easy for her to add the prerecorded parts at the points that give the most vocal strain. 
 

Additionally, even though she speaks in many of the songs, that can be an easy trick to the average or untrained ear who wouldn’t notice that the volume of the mic significantly decreases sometimes when she speaks versus when she is singing. Which I always side eye cuz I know from a singer’s perspective she would not be singing loudly or for example singing at volume 50 after speaking at 30 with a well tuned mic. Neither would the audio engineers be doing so much work to simply lower the volume every time she speaks and increase when she starts singing again….that’s a couple seconds of mixing that would be unnecessary for them to do.

 

Notwithstanding I am open for the discussion to be proven wrong or right.

Edited September 3, 2023 by Redporus

[Shelter]

They keep adding more sections for tomorrow. There must be something planned for her bday? The attendance will be huge 
 

 

[kimberly]

who is buying $20k tickets omg  that's insane

[Kisuke]

Not big 3

[Devin]

 

[Machete]

8 minutes ago, Shelter said:

They keep adding more sections for tomorrow. There must be something planned for her bday? The attendance will be huge 
 

 

At this point open every section and make it a 360 show. 25M for a single-show we want it!

[Devin]

18 minutes ago, XAMJ said:

what do you think the surprises for her bday show will be?

The way she moving prob a regular degular show. Then save the surprises for the Houston show.

 

[kimberly]

9 minutes ago, Shelter said:

They keep adding more sections for tomorrow.

they're all sold out btw. 

[Shelter]

2 minutes ago, kimberly said:

they're all sold out btw. 

To greedy scalpers 

[kimberly]

1 minute ago, Shelter said:

To greedy scalpers 

more than likely. but they're not all up for resale so I'll take that as a win.

[Blue Rose]

Watch her cut The Big Three from the set tomorrow so she can get on her jet faster and fly to Italy 

 

[Blue Rose]

9 minutes ago, kimberly said:

more than likely. but they're not all up for resale so I'll take that as a win.

I just checked. They are now available for resale. She needs to gag them and open new sections

[kimberly]

Just now, Blue Rose said:

I just checked. They are now available for resale. She needs to gag them and open new sections

what I meant is there's a solid chunk of them that aren't for resale. so at least some actual fans scored tickets, it seems.

[ScorpiosGroove]

47 minutes ago, XAMJ said:

what do you think the surprises for her bday show will be?

her acknowledging it 

[ScorpiosGroove]

fully expecting a round of meltdowns tomorrow while her ass sits on a yacht before people even got out of the stadium 

 

[cloudbusting]

5 hours ago, AxelFox said:

I can't help but imagine you are the type that is always ready for action, cheeks spread and willing to take it; whether we're at a party, on a hike or at your grandparents' house. It's so hot 

I’ve never felt so clocked in my life

[Blue Rose]

Dont let this flop like Spirit

 

[laudibella]

On 9/2/2023 at 4:58 PM, Cbreezy said:

I know this was possibly meant as shade (?), which I'd get given all we've been through with Bey this era. 

 

However, I've been really intrigued about the whole visuals/streamers negotiation tea we got from Jeff Sneider the other day. 

 

Deep diving into the backend of Taylor's situation, it seems the streamers were also giving her the run-around hence her AMC deal. 

 

She's now smashing records and has drummed up almost $30 million in presales of theater tickets...from a show she taped across a couple of nights. Bear in mind that this is just North American ticket sales. 

 

Assuming Bey doesn't have a deal in place yet (which I actually don't think is the case), Taylor's situation could easily benefit Bey in one of two ways:

 

A) The streamers see there is still value in select big music artist partnerships, stop playing hardball, and essentially give Bey what she wants (which insiders say is a limited theatrical release followed by a quick streaming debut). In the art of competition, they won't want artists flocking to make independent theatrical deals like Taylor did in favor of their platforms. In the simplest terms, it'd make way more sense to cut Bey a $30 million check for exclusive and eternal rights to a film she produced in-house than have her "do a Taylor", retain ownership, release it indie, make a tonne a money, and still have the freedom to house it on a rival streaming platform down the line. In a way, it's much more advantageous to, for example, use the hype around being "the" platform to "present" 'the "long-awaited Beyonce visuals" to drum up subscribers than missing out entirely. 

 

OR

 

B) Bey "does a Taylor" and cuts a theatrical deal. Even if her base isn't as wide as a Taylor's "middle America" core to drum up insane sums like $20 mill/$30 mill from presales, one vital difference is that Bey would be premiering her ish worldwide. So, even with the most conservative estimate of its box office performance, she'll be making tens of millions back and thus turning a big profit if (for example) the visuals cost her a small amount to actually make. She retains ownership and thus can do as she chooses with them afterwards. So, while we sit here waiting for a streamer, she would in theory have the scope to go to theaters first and make it available on all digital stores after, sell physicals in her store, merch it up like she does with the music. So on and so forth. 

 

I'm for sure looking at this through stan-coated glasses and admit there's a tint of "assuming" there's a sizeable amount of interest in "Brand Beyonce" by streamers and theater partners who have data we for sure don't (and might suggest the opposite). But just mulling over all of this and assessing the variables assures me that, even in the worst case scenario, she has...options. 

 

In our annoyed state, I'm seeing a lot of "just release it on YouTube". But much as she annoys me, it's vital not to forget that the math has to math! Producing the visuals costs a lot of money; money that she spent upfront and will absolutely not make back on YouTube. Or, at least, not on YouTube alone. 

 

Anyway, this was wayyy longer than intended. But one thing is for sure: I think the future of Bey visuals (beyond Rennie) will probably look different on the backend. Her model of producing big splashy visual pieces to her albums and shopping them with a certain expectation of multiple takers and a big pay-off doesn't seem as...certain...anymore. The change could be as simple as snagging production deals that guarantee a release before she's even shot a scene (like many conventional movies)...or skewing less big and all-out (think indie short films). That said, I don't foresee her ever really going back to basic YouTube videos. By going big and theatrical, she's put herself and her output in certain rooms that she would voluntarily be exiting (Emmys, Oscars, Golden Globes) by ever going the YouTube route. It's far less lucrative too and we know fave is about her bag. 

It wasn’t shade. I am disappointed that her fans get a movie while we get less.

[kimberly]

that fanbase always reporting my reasonable, on-topic posts and making mods cackle  I know they tired of them reporting everything and everyone.

 

and they closed that OBH circle jerk thread. 

Edited September 4, 2023 by kimberly

[Jotham]

The comments on the "homophobia" thread were so dumb

[Blue Rose]

16 minutes ago, kimberly said:

that fanbase always reporting my reasonable, on-topic posts and making mods cackle  I know they tired of them reporting everything and everyone.

 

and they closed that OBH circle jerk thread. 

I was about to post this but it got closed the second I submitted send

 

[mariposa]

6 hours ago, Chris said:

I love the AUIYM look.

 

The Cuff It look, not really but if other people like it I can respect that.

 

 

Did I tell you my favorite CI look?

As long as it's not the Balmain gladiator one from the early Europe shows...

[KKW]

The influx of people recording their rehearsed reactions to the mute challenge

 

[Redporus]

So who is going live tomorrow cuz sumn special definitely happening